Lot Essay
The form of the hilt in this dagger is a simplified and probably earlier example of that seen in lot 131.
Details
AN INDIAN BRASS INLAID STEEL DAGGER
PROBABLY MUGHAL OR DECCANI, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
The tapering straight blade with narrowing grooves along each side, a rectangular panel above inlaid with brass key-pattern, the handle very naturalistically cast in the form of a leaping lion, the contours originally heightened with brass inlaid stripes, considerable corrosion and loss of inlay, front paws missing
10 5/8in. (27cm.) long
PROBABLY MUGHAL OR DECCANI, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
The tapering straight blade with narrowing grooves along each side, a rectangular panel above inlaid with brass key-pattern, the handle very naturalistically cast in the form of a leaping lion, the contours originally heightened with brass inlaid stripes, considerable corrosion and loss of inlay, front paws missing
10 5/8in. (27cm.) long